^ That's correct. My wife was born in Edmonton to two US parents who later became Canadian citizens.
I've read similar stories of people around the world. My situation isn't too bad really. There have been some reports of retired pensioners having to "settle up" thousands of dollars worth of back taxes with the IRS leaving them basically destitute. Because these people have no real voice in the US and their own governments aren't willing to support them, the IRS is playing global bully. The US government is flexing it's muscle around the world and, so far, nobody has pushed back on their morally questionable tactics. It'll be interesting to see the US response if a real economic superpower like China or Japan were to take issue with the US actions. I can't imagine the US government imposing sanctions on the Chinese government for a few thousand "ex pats" in China refusing to pay US taxes. Although, I also can't really imagine the Chinese government giving a crap about those people enough to rock the boat with the US.
I don't want to sound like a whiner. Really, in my life this is way down the list of my problems. But for some people it's much more serious. And it's all because the wealthy conservatives in the US refuse to pay their fair share and make it a huge political issue. Seems to me that the US is at the front of a very slippery slope into a hybrid of plutocracy and pseudo-facism. Speaking of which, I heard Sen. Ted Cruz has renounced his Canadian citizenship...
As for Sen. Ted Cruz, he's just another bought and paid for politician.
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